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Combining storage and servers in a single appliance is a good start but true hyperconverged power comes with full consolidation. The more hardware and software you can consolidate, the better it gets. HPE SimpliVity comprises the entire IT stack.

This Forrester study reveals how typical HPE SimpliVity customers reduce total cost of ownership by 69% through consolidation, reduced CAPEX and OPEX, and simplified system administration. The cost savings enable a 183% ROI with a short 7.2 month payback.

An emerging data center architectural option, dubbed hyperconverged infrastructure, is a new way to reduce your costs and better align enterprise IT with business needs. At its most basic, hyperconverged infrastructure is the conglomeration of the servers and storage devices that comprise the data center. These systems are wrapped in comprehensive and easy-to-use management tools designed to help shield the administrator from much of the underlying architectural complexity.

Infrastructure and operations leaders should use the 11 critical capabilities and five use cases described here to assess HCI product features and functions. I&O leaders need to align project portfolios with the use cases, rationalize technology and vendor choices, and standardize across use cases.